BLONDIE The Tide Is High (1980)

YouTube Playlist: The Tide Is High was covered by the American new wave band Blondie in 1980, in a reggae style that included horns and strings. It was released as the lead single from the band s fifth studio album, Autoamerican (1980), giving Blondie their third number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and their fifth in the UK (where it became Blondie s last British number one for 18 years, until Maria in February 1999). The track also reached number one in Canada and New Zealand, and was a Top 5 hit on many European charts as well as in countries including Australia and South Africa. The Bside was Suzie Jeffrey, which appeared as a bonus track on the original 1980 cassette edition of the Autoamerican album, and was also included on EMICapitol s reissue of Autoamerican in 2001.